Genre:
Fantasy
Themes:
Adventure / Survival
Butch / Femme
Fish Out of Water
Friends to Lovers
Historical
Humor / Comedy
Love At First Sight
Love Triangle
Opposites Attract
Saving the World
Heat Level:
Sweet (kissing, holding hands, etc., but no other on-the-page physical intimacy)
Archetypes:
Writer/ Author
Geographic Location:
Continental Europe
United Kingdom: England
Setting:
Castle / Palace
Historical
Island
Museum / Library
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Trigger/Content Warning:
Drug and alcohol use
High Times in the Low Parliament
By Kelly Robson
A lesbian stoner buddy comedy with fairies
Nebula Award finalist!
“[A] cheeky lesbian stoner fantasy . . . This is gallows humor with a light touch.”—The New York Times Book Review
A NPR Best of the Year pick!
A Most Anticipated Pick for Autostraddle | LGBTQ Reads
Award-winning author Kelly Robson returns with High Times in the Low Parliament, a lighthearted romp through an 18th-century London featuring flirtatious scribes, irritable fairies, and the dangers of Parliament.
Lana Baker is Aldgate’s finest scribe, with a sharp pen and an even sharper wit. Gregarious, charming, and ever so eager to please, she agrees to deliver a message for another lovely scribe in exchange for kisses and ends up getting sent to Low Parliament by a temperamental fairy as a result.
As Lana transcribes the endless circular arguments of Parliament, the debates grow tenser and more desperate. Due to long-standing tradition, a hung vote will cause Parliament to flood and a return to endless war. Lana must rely on an unlikely pair of comrades—Bugbite, the curmudgeonly fairy, and Eloquentia, the bewitching human deputy—to save humanity (and maybe even woo one or two lucky ladies), come hell or high water.